diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/instrumentation_types.go b/apis/v1alpha1/instrumentation_types.go
index 101d99f40b..32d7b8ac57 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/instrumentation_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/instrumentation_types.go
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ type Java struct {
 	// +optional
 	Image string `json:"image,omitempty"`
 
+	// Command defines the command to copy the auto-instrumentation JAR.
+	// +optional
+	Command []string `json:"command,omitempty"`
+
 	// Env defines java specific env vars. There are four layers for env vars' definitions and
 	// the precedence order is: `original container env vars` > `language specific env vars` > `common env vars` > `instrument spec configs' vars`.
 	// If the former var had been defined, then the other vars would be ignored.
diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/instrumentation_webhook.go b/apis/v1alpha1/instrumentation_webhook.go
index 234784dd15..091f1ea26d 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/instrumentation_webhook.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/instrumentation_webhook.go
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ func (r *Instrumentation) Default() {
 			r.Spec.Java.Image = val
 		}
 	}
+	if len(r.Spec.Java.Command) == 0 {
+		r.Spec.Java.Command = []string{"cp", "/javaagent.jar", "/otel-auto-instrumentation/javaagent.jar"}
+	}
+
 	if r.Spec.Java.Resources.Limits == nil {
 		r.Spec.Java.Resources.Limits = corev1.ResourceList{
 			corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("500m"),
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_instrumentations.yaml b/bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_instrumentations.yaml
index 817eacb1ec..ea53ce59f5 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_instrumentations.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_instrumentations.yaml
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ spec:
                     description: Image is a container image with javaagent auto-instrumentation
                       JAR.
                     type: string
+                  command:
+                    description: Command is a command to run in the container.
+                    type: string
                   resources:
                     description: Resources describes the compute resource requirements.
                     properties:
@@ -1570,7 +1573,7 @@ spec:
     served: true
     storage: true
     subresources:
-      status: {}
+      status: { }
 status:
   acceptedNames:
     kind: ""
diff --git a/pkg/instrumentation/javaagent.go b/pkg/instrumentation/javaagent.go
index 9c3ba12386..c1ca37504d 100644
--- a/pkg/instrumentation/javaagent.go
+++ b/pkg/instrumentation/javaagent.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func injectJavaagent(javaSpec v1alpha1.Java, pod corev1.Pod, index int) (corev1.
 		pod.Spec.InitContainers = append(pod.Spec.InitContainers, corev1.Container{
 			Name:      initContainerName,
 			Image:     javaSpec.Image,
-			Command:   []string{"cp", "/javaagent.jar", "/otel-auto-instrumentation/javaagent.jar"},
+			Command:   javaSpec.Command,
 			Resources: javaSpec.Resources,
 			VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{{
 				Name:      volumeName,